Shoe-bow.



G. SAGHSE.

SHOE BOVl APPLICATION FILED APRA 21, 1913. 1,090,882, Patented M3124, 1914 Ma/gf www@ Inventor Attorneys WTF STATES PATENT FlQ.

GEORGE SACHSE, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHOE-BOW.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE SAcHsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Bow, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoes and more particularly to shoes having a removable bow or buckle.

rlhe object of the invention is the provision of a bow or buckle which can be easily placed in position or removed and which, when in position will be securely held against accidental displacement.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a reinforcementl for the s hoe to prevent the same from losing its original shape upon the removal of the bow or buckle.

With the foregoing and other objectsl in view which will appear .as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the c ombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line A-A of Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the toe of the shoe. Fig. A is a detail view partly in section of the bow. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the reinforcing member for the bow. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the fastening plate. Fig. 7 is a cross section showing the invention applied to a buckle.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates the shoe and B the removable bow. Staples l are secured to the shoe and as shown, these staples are provided with the odsets 2 which hold the staples slightly raised from the surface of the shoe. A strip of leather 3 is secured on the inside of the shoe and the ends of the staples l pass through the shoe and the strip 3 and are bent so as to hold the staples in position. The usual double lining 5 is provided on the inside of the shoe and incloses the strip 8 and the points of the staples 4C so that there will be no discomfort to the wearer of the shoe. As shown in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 21,

Patented Mai'. 2t, 19141. 1913. Serial No. 762,633.

2 of the drawings the strip 3 will conform to the curvature of the shoe.

The bow B consists of a metal plate 6 from which the prongs 7 are struck. A strip 8 of stift1 material is placed on the smooth side of the metal plate and extends beyond the sides of the metal plate. A strip 9 of ribbon orv other suitable material is then wrapped around the plate and the strip 8 to form the bow and this strip of ribbon or other material will be engaged by the prongs 7 of the metal plate as shown in Fig. 4L of the drawings. A metal plate 10 is secured to the bow and this plate is provided with the hook members 11 which are adapted to be engaged in the staples 1 on the shoe. As shown at l2 the edges of these hook members are beveled so that theygmay be easily engaged in the staples.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings l have shown my invention as applied to a metal buckle 13 and this buckle is provided with the hook members 14 which are adapted to engage in the staples l of the shoe in the same manner as that described for the bow.

It will be seen that by constructing the shoe and bow or buckle in the manner as described above that the bow or buckle can be easily placed in position or removed from the shoe. If the bow or buckle should become worn or disfigured in any manner a new one can easily be provided. When the bow or buckle is being secured to the shoe one of the hook members ll is engaged in one of the staples and then by slightly creasing the shoe between the two staples the other hook member can be engaged in the other staple. The plate l0 will conform to the curvature of the shoe. The inner lining 5 will prevent any discomfort to the wearer by the end of the staple or the leather reinforcing strip coining into contact with the foot. It will also be seen that the leather reinforcing strip 3 will prevent the shoe from being drawn from its original shape by the removal of the bow or buckle as the stra-in is on this reinforcing strip instead of on the leather of the shoe proper. The pressure of the foot on the inside of the slice will prevent the bow or buckle from being accidentally displaced.

Having fully described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The Combination with a shoe having a re In testimony that I claim the foregoing inforeing member therein and staples havas my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- 10 ing an oifset at each end forming shoul-4 ture in the presence of two witnesses.

ders and the points extending through the n w 5 reinforcing member, of a removable how GEORGE ACHSE having oppositely extending hook members TWitnesses: adapted to engage the staples between the WVM. M. VURTZBURGER, shoulders. SAMUEL T. BULL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Fatents.

Washington, D. C." 

